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Chapter 1148 Cavalry Showdown ([-])

The tactics of the cavalry of the Qing army are very simple. Since it was formed, no major adjustments have been made. However, the tactics are simple and simple, but they are extremely practical. At the same time, it means that it is quite difficult to crack such simple tactics. , at least for the Cossack cavalry with backward equipment, there is no way to make targeted tactical deployments against the Qing army's style of play that relies on equipment advantages. Apart from being beaten hard, there is really no other way to think Understand.

The successive grenade explosions are still going on, and the shrapnel is still flying in all directions, but the vanguard of the Qing cavalry who has already reached the front does not care about the possibility of accidental injury, and rushes into the gunpowder smoke , without hesitation, rushed forward hurricanely, shouting and charging towards the Cossack cavalry brigade that was still in chaos.

Killing, there is nothing polite to say, the Qing cavalry waved their sharp sabers, and rushed into the Cossack cavalry formation like a knife cutting butter. Wherever they passed, heads rolled to the ground, but even so, they suffered heavy losses. The defeated Cossack cavalry on the two wings did not back down a little, they were still shouting and marching forward desperately, and strangled with the two wings of the Qing army.

"Order, the artillery concentrates on bombarding the enemy's central army, aiming at the direction of the handsome flag, and hit me hard!"

Although the left and right wings are still fighting endlessly, there is no doubt that the Qing army has the upper hand, but He Rong is not satisfied. If nothing else, the enemy's central army still stands still, and it is obvious that they are about to flee. As for the suspicion, He Rong naturally does not intend to sit idly by.

"All the gun positions are available, the secret position is four holes, ready!"

As soon as he received the general order from Herong, the artillery commander did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. He quickly glanced at the location of the Cossack Central Commander's Flag, and casually reported the exact secret position. All the gunners were busy. Get up, and efficiently adjust the direction of the muzzle.

"Five quick shots, fire!"

The gunners of the Qing army were highly skilled in tactics, and within a few minutes, all of them had completed the adjustment of their secret positions. Seeing this, the artillery commander no longer hesitated, waved the small red flag in his hand, and raised his hand. The voice gave the order.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

With the order issued, the 48 cannons of the Qing army roared again. Unlike the previous scattering, the targets of this shelling were all concentrated on the place where the commander-in-chief of the enemy's army was. Or cut through the sky, roared and smashed towards the place where the enemy commander's flag was, and instantly blew up the field into a sea of ​​flames. A radius of more than ten feet was shrouded in it, gunpowder smoke and flames shot up into the sky, and it was impossible to see clearly what was inside. However, the gunners of the Qing army did not stop at all, and did not wait for the gunpowder smoke to clear away, but focused on firing the shells one at a time. Round after round, they blasted fiercely towards the place where the gunpowder smoke was transpiring.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

After five rounds of shelling, the Qing army did not continue to fire, but stopped there. After a while, the smoke gradually faded, and the place where the enemy's commander-in-chief flag was located was a scorched mess, and the minced meat of men and horses was covered. One place, its shape really looked like a hell on earth, seeing this, General Marco Zhimailo, who had escaped the catastrophe because he had never stood under the commander-in-chief's flag, couldn't bear it. He stopped and shivered, without a trace of fighting spirit at all, and didn't care that his left and right wings were still fighting hard, he pulled the horse's rein, turned the horse's head around hurriedly, shouted and gave the order to retreat Order.

"The first brigade outflanks the left flank, the second brigade cuts off the enemy's right flank, and the third brigade and I will directly capture the enemy's center, kill!"

Marco Zhimailo General Marco Zhimailo turned around and fled like this. The enemy's central army, who was already panicked, had no courage at all. They all turned their horses around in disorder and began to flee frantically. Seeing this, He Rong refused to let go of this great opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but seeing him pull out the saber from his waist, slash forward, and issued a series of orders in a loud voice. Seeing that the soldiers of the Qing cavalry army divided into three groups, they rushed into the battlefield quickly.

As the Qing cavalry entered the battlefield in the middle, the Cossack cavalry collapsed completely. Whether it was the central army who was frantically turning around and preparing to flee, or the left and right wings who were fighting fiercely with the Qing army, they had no courage to fight again. After the great victory, the Qing army refused to let go. They chased and killed all the way, shot and hacked, and killed the Cossack cavalry corpses all over the field. The so-called brave and invincible Cossack cavalry At this time, the group has lost its glory, and it is like a bereaved dog.

The Qing army chased them for five miles, and killed the Cossack cavalry. When they were about to chase the Cossack cavalry to nowhere, the Russian infantry came up—— On the order of Grand Duke Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, Lieutenant General Andrei Robovsky, Commander of the First Russian Guards, led [-] soldiers to attack, as the backup of the Cossack cavalry.

"Blow the horn, let the Cossack cavalry detour and gather behind our formation. Also, the artillery is ready to meet the enemy!"

Lieutenant General Andrei Robovsky is a very cautious person. Although he led his troops to attack, he did not drive straight in. Instead, he stationed his troops in the middle of the road and arranged a supporting formation early. The Cossack cavalry's attack was not optimistic, and the facts also proved this point. After seeing the Cossack cavalry in front and returning in a disastrous defeat, Lieutenant General Andrei Robovsky frowned, but ordered But it went down extremely fast.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

Following the order of Lieutenant General Andrei Robovsky, more than a dozen trumpeters in the Russian infantry phalanx blew their bugles at the same time, and conveyed the order to the Cossack cavalry who were frantically fleeing Immediately after seeing the retreating Cossack cavalry split left and right, they fled to the rear around the two wings of the Russian infantry phalanx.

"fire!"

The Cossack cavalry scattered and fled, and the chasing Qing cavalry was immediately exposed to the opposite side of the Russian phalanx. Seeing this, the Russian artillery commander did not dare to be careless, and issued a sharp voice. Bombardment order.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The artillery currently equipped by the Russian army are all the latest types of howitzers provided by the Kingdom of Great Britain. Although the range and power are far less than those of the Qing army, they have made great progress compared with the early old artillery of the Russian army. Even light howitzers, Its range can also reach up to 900 meters, and the range of heavy artillery is as far as more than [-] meters. Although the number of artillery equipped by an army is not as good as that of the Qing army, there are more than [-] guns. When the guns were fired, the momentum was quite astonishing, and in an instant, the forwards of the Qing army galloping forward were enveloped in a sea of ​​flames.

"withdraw!"

Seeing that the Russian infantry phalanx was ready in front of them, and the Cossack cavalry was trying to regroup behind the infantry. In the absence of heavy weapons for attacking, He Rong was unwilling to take risks with his elite cavalry. , He immediately issued an order to withdraw troops, and at this point, a large-scale cavalry duel came to an end. The Qing army won a big victory, beheading nearly [-] Cossack cavalry on the spot, and taking more than [-] prisoners.

Although the loss of the Cossack cavalry was not too much, far from the point where the muscles and bones were broken, their morale was seriously frustrated. The solid defense offensive against the Russian army can only be scattered guerrillas and harassing the Russian army in all directions. In this regard, the Russian army has no choice but to intensify the repair of the line of defense from Lake Balkhash to Lake Sasekol. In order to block the infiltration and harassment of the Qing cavalry army, until October [-]th, after forcing a large number of Kazakh herdsmen and Turkish and Kazakh prisoners of war, the Russian army finally succeeded in building a lake between the two lakes. Three lines of defense were set up, with various blockhouses as the fulcrum, and relying on trenches and other fortifications, effectively restricted the activities of the Qing cavalry. In this regard, the Qing cavalry never went forcibly. Because the main force of Yue Zhongqi's troops had arrived at the front line of Lake Balkhash, the strategic mission of the Qing cavalry to hold back the retreat of the Russian army had been accomplished.

Counting the Ili Frontier Defense Army under Tashan, the total strength of Yue Zhongqi's troops has reached more than 22, and there are more than 31 remnants of the Turkish and Kazakh coalition forces as auxiliary forces, although the total strength is still less than the Russian army's [-]. However, when it comes to weapons and equipment and even tactical literacy, they are obviously superior to the Russian army. Even so, Yue Zhongqi never launched a sudden attack. Instead, he set up a camp a few miles away from the Russian army's defense line, and at the same time started The construction of the defense line is nothing else, because this year's winter is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder, which is no longer suitable for large armies to fight. In the composition of the Qing army, except for the border guards who can adapt to fighting in severe cold weather, the sixth Most of the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Army do not have this ability, especially the Seventh Army, which has been stationed in relatively warm Chengdu for many years, and has insufficient adaptability to severe cold weather.

The Qing army did not rush to attack, and the Russian army did not dare to launch an offensive. The two sides almost competed to build fortifications, and desperately managed their respective lines of defense. It was not until the first day of November, when heavy snow fell, that the two armies stopped. This kind of frenzied rush repair operation, each in their own barracks in peace, at most, the scouts from both sides are going back and forth to test each other's reality, it is nothing more than a small fight. It was impossible to get on the stage at all, and there has been no war on the Western Front since then.

While the western front fell into a stalemate, the northern front was also very calm. The third army under Kellontai had already stopped on the Central Siberian Plateau, and the Russian general Leo Tolsky also Having returned to Ufa Fort, many refugees from Central and Eastern Siberia were forced to repair various fortifications to guard against possible attacks by the Qing army. So far, the war between China and Russia has fallen into a stalemate... …

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